18/4/2015 - 68th Cannes Film Festival selection unveiled

The official selection of the 68th Cannes Film Festival was unveiled at a packed press conference in Paris on the 16th of April. 

 

Speaking at the press conference, festival delegate general Thierry Fremaux said that "“It’s a beautiful, fresh line-up which formulates ideas, takes risks and says something about the state of creativity in cinema around the world”. 

 

The official competition selection includes new films by the likes of Nanni Moretti, Hou Hsiao Hsien, Hirokazu Koreeda, Todd Haynes, Jacques Audiard and Paolo Sorrentino

 

Earlier in the week, it was announced that Emmanuelle Bercot would be making Cannes history with the screening of her film La tete haute as the first film directed by a woman opening the festival since 1987's Diane Kury's A Man in Love.

Here is the full list of films in the official selection of the 68th Cannes Film Festival:

 
    
 
COMPETITION
 
Dheepan (working title), dir: Jacques Audiard
 
A Simple Man, dir: Stephane Brize
 
Marguerite and Julien, dir: Valerie Donzelli
 
The Tale Of Tales, dir: Matteo Garrone
 
Carol, dir: Todd Haynes
 
The Assassin, dir: Hou Hsiao Hsien
 
Mountains May Depart, dir: Jia Zhang-Ke
 
Our Little Sister, dir: Hirokazu Kore-Eda
 
Macbeth, dir: Justin Kurzel
 
The Lobster, dir: Yorgos Lanthimos
 
Mon Roi, dir: Maiwenn
 
Mia Madre, dir: Nanni Moretti
 
Son Of Saul, dir: Laszlo Nemes
 
Youth, dir: Paolo Sorrentino
 
Louder Than Bombs, dir: Joachim Trier
 
The Sea Of Trees, dir: Gus Van Sant
 
Sicario, dir: Denis Villeneuve
 
La Tête Haute, dir: Emmanuelle Bercot (out of competition)
 
     
 
UN CERTAIN REGARD
 
Madonna, dir: Shin Suwon
 
Maryland, dir: Alice Winocour
 
The Fourth Direction, dir: Gurvinder Singh
 
Masaan (Fly Away Solo), dir: Neeraj Ghaywan
 
Hruter (Rams), dir: Grimur Hakonarson
 
Kishibe No Tabi (Journey to the Shore), dir: Kurosawa Kiyoshi
 
Je Suis Un Soldat (I Am a Soldier), dir: Laurent Larivere
 
Zvizdan (The High Sun), dir: Dalibor Matanic
 
The Other Side, dir: Roberto Minervini
 
One Floor Below, dir: Radu Muntean
 
Shameless, dir: Oh Seung-Uk
 
The Chosen Ones, dir: David Pablos
 
Nahid, dir: Ida Panahandeh
 
The Treasure, dir: Corneliu Porumboiu

 

    
 
OUT OF COMPETITION
 
Mad Max: Fury Road, dir: George Miller
 
Irrational Man, dir: Woody Allen
 
Inside Out, dir: Pete Docter and Ronaldo del Carmen
 
Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince), dir: Mark Osborne
 
 
SPECIAL SCREENINGS
 
Oka, dir: Souleymane Cisse
 
Sipur Al Ahava Ve Choshech (A Tale Of Love And Darkness), dir: Natalie Portman
 
Hayored Lema’ala, dir Elad Keidan
 
Amnesia, dir: Barbet Schroeder
 
Panama, dir: Pavel Vuckovic
 
Asphalte, dir: Samuel Benchetrit
 
 
MIDNIGHT SCREENINGS
 
O Piseu (Office), Dir: Hong Won-Chan
 
Amy, Dir: Asif Kapadia
 
 
The 68th Cannes Film Festival runs from the 13th to the 24th of May, 2015. Click here to visit their official website.